Seated Virgin and Child; Christ seated on left arm; Christ in long robe; Christ holding a bird in his left hand; Virgin holding a fruit in her right hand; belt; crown (later); bench.
Dalton 1909: France, 14th century.
Museum's opinion 2010: France, 2nd quarter of the 14th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Polychromy - Gilding
Extensive traces of polychromy and gilding (hair).
Reverse
Carved in the round; back of the throne carved.
Object Condition
Missing: upper part of the Virgin's head.
Comments
Crosshatched base with a hole filled with wood.
Provenance
Collection of William Maskell (b. 1814, d. 1890): bought from him by the British Museum in 1856.
Bibliography
O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era in the British Museum (London, 1909), no. 336, pl. LXXVII.
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